Disasters and vulnerable populations : evidence-based practice for the helping professions / Lisa R. Baker, PhD, LCSW, Loretta A. Cormier, PhD.

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PART 1: OVERVIEW OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE // 1. When Disaster Strikes: Disaster Response -- 2. Before the Storm: Preparedness -- 3. Crisis Intervention and the Mental Health Response // PART 2: VULNERABLE POPULATIONS // 4. Pregnant Women, Infants and Children and Disasters -- 5. P...

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Main Authors: Baker, Lisa R. (Author)
Cormier, Loretta A. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer Pub. Company, LLC, [2015]
Subjects:
Emergency management.
Disaster relief.
Disaster victims.
Physical Description:xiv, 236 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Format: Book
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Abstract:
PART 1: OVERVIEW OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE // 1. When Disaster Strikes: Disaster Response -- 2. Before the Storm: Preparedness -- 3. Crisis Intervention and the Mental Health Response // PART 2: VULNERABLE POPULATIONS // 4. Pregnant Women, Infants and Children and Disasters -- 5. Persons with Disabilities and Disasters -- 6. Older Adults and Disasters -- 7. Persons with Chronic Mental Health Issues and Disasters -- 8. Persons with Alcohol and Substance Use/Abuse and Disasters -- 9. Persons with Animals and Pets in Disasters -- 10. Responder Self-Care -- 11. Final Considerations: Ethnic and Economic Diversity and Disasters.
Call Number:HV551.2 .B35 2015
ISBN:9780826198457
0826198457
9780826198488 (ebook)
0826198481 (ebook)